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Top 10 countries where women make less than men

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CZECH REPUBLIC: 18 percent wage gap. No. 10 among the nations with the widest wage gap, the Czech Republic falls on par with the average wage gap among all industrialized countries surveyed. The country also provides full-time employment to 58 percent of its female population. Here, a woman attends the Women's 5,000 meter speed skating race at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Vancouver, British Columbia, as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Matt Dunham/AP

PORTUGAL: 19 percent wage gap. In Portugal – with a population of 10.7 million and average income of $21,700 – 64 percent of women have paid jobs. At a canning factory in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, a woman pushes crates of sardines after they arrived from fishing boats. Nacho Doce/Reuters

FINLAND: 19 percent wage gap. With only 5.3 million people, Finland has one of the smallest populations among the OECD nations while also boasting a large percentage of working women – at 68 percent – and high average annual income – at $34,900. A woman has her nails painted with the colors of the Finnish flag as she watches the Men's Ice Hockey bronze medal game at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Julie Jacobson/AP

UNITED STATES: 19 percent wage gap. While America’s wage gap is still above average, it has dropped about 20 percentage points since 1980, bringing it nearly in line with the OECD average. A woman waits in line to enter the UJA-Federation of New York's Connect to Care Job Fair in New York City on March 2. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

SWITZERLAND: 19 percent wage gap. Switzerland’s wage gap has dropped 10 percentage points over the past decade to bring it nearly in line with the OECD average. The Nordic nation boasts one of the largest percentages of working women, with 3 of 4 working-age women in a paid job. A woman and child walk in the snow on a cold winter morning in Lausanne, Switzerland. Denis Balibouse/Reuters

UNITED KINGDOM: 21 percent wage gap. In the United Kingdom – with a population of 61 million and average income of $35,400 – 68 percent of women have paid jobs. Women participate in the annual Shrove Tuesday pancake race in Olney, England, on Feb. 16. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

CANADA: 21 percent wage gap. As a proportion of the population, Canadian women aged 15 to 64 tend to work more than many of their international counterparts. About 70 percent of women aged 15 to 64 in Canada hold employment, four points higher than in the US and five points higher than Germany. In Alberta, a woman works in a cattle roundup. Newscom

GERMANY: 24 percent wage gap. Germany has more gender disparity than any other advanced nation outside Asia. In the nation of 82 million people, 65 percent of working age women hold paid jobs. A model holds a horse dressed in traditional Bavarian Dirndl costume in Kirchberg im Wald, Germany. Alexandra Beier/Reuters

JAPAN: 33 percent wage gap. In Japan – with a population of 127 million and average income of $32,600 – 60 percent of women have paid jobs. Japanese women participate in a coming of age ceremony for 20-year-olds in Urayasu, Japan. Shizuo Kambayashi/AP

SOUTH KOREA: 38 percent wage gap. That's the worst among the developed nations in the survey. But Korean women are also less likely to be in a paying job than in most countries, with only about half all women aged 15 to 64 employed. Shown here is a billboard advertisement featuring South Korean Olympic champion figure skater Kim Yu-na in Seoul, South Korea. Ahn Young-joon/AP

Inequality in pay between men and women remains high in Europe, and nowhere on the continent is the gender pay gap bigger than in Germany. The disparity has reinvigorated a debate in Germany and across Europe about how to bring working women into parity with men.